my son is 7 months he still do not sleep throught the night. wat to do?

Kirsten - posted on 04/06/2010

I have 9 month old twin girls. Thet didnt start sleeping through the night untill 8 months. We went to sleep school 3 times with them and it helped alot.

Elizabeth - posted on 04/05/2010

From what I understand, sleeping through the night can be just 5 hours. Not something like 10-12 hours! It will all work itself out, my 6 month old has done a few nights of 8 hours, some nights, like last night, were every 3. BUt it all works out in the end...my 3 yo sleeps straight through to 7:30 every morning.

Bianca - posted on 04/05/2010

hey there :) I feel your pain! My baby girl is nearly 8 months and just a few weeks ago I got tired (literally!) of her waking thorughout the night and using me as a dummy, cause she would hardly feed! So I took the advice of many older ladies in my life, and left her to cry after she was fed with a clean nappy when she woke up during the night. It broke our hearts to hear her cry the 1st night, and we left her for 1/2 an hour before she fell asleep again. The 2nd night she cried for 10 minutes and the 3rd night she just woke up and moaned. Now she sleeps through! (Yay :) ) You just have to be firm and leave them, like don't even go in the room - you will thank yourself later - happy sleeping!!! :)

Julie - posted on 04/05/2010

Try playing classical music at a nice calming background volume and have a small dull night light on.

Jenny - posted on 04/04/2010

Throw away all parenting books that say your baby should be sleeping through the night by 4 months old! I have four kids and by the time I was parenting number 3 and 4, I decided to rely on basic instinct and survival, lol. Your baby will go through phases regarding sleep. It seems like when they start getting more mobile, sleep is disturbed. They can start developing teething pain long before the tooth erupts, that can also disrupt sleep. My last born were twins and they both went through periods of disrupted sleep and not at the same time! I discovered that I do not personally agree with crying it out because I did try it with my middle child. It felt too awful. Co sleeping advocates say that their baby sleeps better, but I did not find that to be true either. I did co sleep with my babies and they still went through phases of not sleeping well. Do not be hard on yourself, go with the flow, sleep when you can and know that they all eventually sleep through the night. And the next time someone tells you that your baby "should" be sleeping through the night, resist the urge to call them a mean name! lol

SIAW YEE - posted on 03/15/2010

My son slept through the night when he was 6 months old. He used to drink a bottle of milk before he turns to sleep. I will not allow my son to cry but to make him happy until he fall asleep. u can try this...

Jenny - posted on 03/15/2010

Guess I am one of the lucky few...my son has slept through the night since he was 4 months old. The thing that worked for me was routine..routine..routine. No naps after 4pm, bath, feed (he is eating foods by now I am sure), brush teeth then off to bed. When he was still getting up during the night, I kept all lights and noise off did the feeding the put him right back in his crib. I also nursed him. Also, what I did was middle of the night feeding was 6oz, lessened it to 4oz, then 2oz. It just weened him off of needing the feeding in the middle of the night. I hope this helps!!!

Debra - posted on 03/14/2010

I would always feed my kids some warm cereal right before bed than their full and slept better

T - posted on 03/14/2010

I disagree with anyone that recommends to let your child cry or don't go back in the room even if you know that all of their needs are met. Research has said that you can not spoil a child under the age of 18 months. Babies cry b/c they need something. A friend of mine left her child cry and fuss in his crib during naptime, and after awhile when he no longer would calm down, she went in and found that he was covered in hives having a severe allergic reaction to something he had eaten. Needless to say, he was rushed to the hospital by ambulance due to what turned into an anaphalatic reaction, trouble breathing. So do what is in your heart and mind when it comes to caring for your baby. Mother's intuition is key! Don't worry about spoiling him. One day, when he is older, you'll wish that you could still care fo him. Good luck.

Tiffany - posted on 03/13/2010

Each baby is different. I suggest first that you choose a bed time and make a routine and do exactly the same thing, in exactly the same order every single day. This gives your baby cues that it's time to go to bed. Make sure baby is dry, fed, warm enough, and then try getting one of those soothing noise machines so baby has something calming to listen too. My daughter had a fishy one that shined lights on the ceiling and she loved it....she watched it happily until she drifted it off to sleep.

Once I put her in there, I didn't go back in. I knew her needs were met. She was clean, fed, warm, safe, and sleepy... but to help baby be sleepy I started giving fewer naps and not letting baby nap any time after four o'clock in the afternoon.

Storm - posted on 03/13/2010

Ravyn slept through the night until she was about two weeks old, then wouldn't until about 9 months... Jasmine is 9 months now and still wakes up throughout the night... I just put a bottle in the cot with her for her to grab when she wakes up in the middle of the night.

T - posted on 03/12/2010

Are you nursing? I nursed my daughter and she didn't sleep through the night until she was 18 months. Never let your young child cry for long periods of time. Usually, they are crying for a reason esp when they are that young. Is he eating enough before bed, could he be hungry?. Try not to pick your child up when you go in in the middle of the night. Just pat him back to sleep on the bottom. If you continue to pick the baby up in the middle of the night, then he/she will get use to that. Good luck!

Bernadette - posted on 03/12/2010

Hi Anissa, my son is 14 months old and wakes up 2-3 times. I have to get up at 4am to go to work so I just feed him a small bottle and it puts him to sleep again. I have also tried to let him cry it out by that doesn't work. You are not alone, and if you find any answers...LET ME KNOW TOO.. good luck.

Crystal - posted on 03/12/2010

Hi Annissa, my son was in my bed with me until about a couple months ago. He is now 18 months old and he sleeps in his crib. One night I sat him in his bed, turned sesame street on for him and stayed in the room with him. After about 10 minutes he would fall asleep. I have found that no matter how much he cries you should not pick him up or look at him. This has worked for me. I hope this will help.

Rebecca - posted on 03/12/2010

My son is 2.5yrs old and STILL wakes up every night. It's not to eat or drink but just so he can come to our room...and yes it wakes me up,ugh! My daughter on the other hand is 8 months old and has slept through the night for over a month now. Get a good routine down is the main thing. Make sure to give cereal AND a bottle before bed time. My daughter eats supper around 5-5:30pm then has her cereal and bottle at 7 and doesn't wake up until 9am the next day:)

Sarah - posted on 03/11/2010

i'm one of the lucky few, but this is what worked for us...

she'd go down for the night at around 7ish, and then at 10pm i'd giver her a 'dream feed'. the lights would be dim (only enough so i couldsee what i was doing), no noise, no eye contact. i would not speak to her at all, and not look at her if she was awake. most times she just slept through teh feed. i'd change her nappy, then give her her last bottle. that saw her through until 6ish.

but like i said, i think i just have a freak of a child :) hope it helps though!

Christie - posted on 03/11/2010

My son didn't sleep thought the night until 13 months. It's normal. Only a lucky few have the all night sleepers! He's 6 now & we have no problems!! It will get better!

Annissa - posted on 03/11/2010

thank u both

Heather - posted on 03/10/2010

My oldest didn't sleep through the night until 14 months old, my middle child didn't until 12 months old. Both needed to still be fed in the middle of the night. I know it sucks to have to get up, but every child is different and some need those in the middle of the night. He'll sleep through eventually.

Leanne - posted on 03/10/2010

Hi annissa, when my first was born she would not sleep throught the night, i was told by my health nurse to check the main things before putting to bed, nappy dry, not hungry and if needed burp. If all things are good then i suggest getting a book from the library called the baby whisperer, it was a really big help to me and i saw a change in my daughters sleeping habits within a month.

Leanne Holmes